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Boostrap 5 is officially out, measure your Web Core Vitals with Lighthouse Metrics, Safari 14.1, and Vivaldi 3.8 Front End News #028 10 mai 2021

Bootstrap 5 is officially out of beta. You can use Lighthouse Metrics to measure your Web Core Vitals. Safari 14.1 and Vivaldi 3.8are out. And the software releases include Babel 7.14.0, Next.js 10.2, Node-dev v7.0.0, and more.

A guide to measuring Core Web Vitals, Cloudflare Pages, and what's new in Chrome 91 Front End News #027 26 aprilie 2021

Find out how to measure the Core Web Vitals with the in-depth guide from Smashing Magazine. Cloudflare Pages is now available for anyone. And the software releases of this week include Ember 3.26, Grunt v1.4.0, and more.

Are You FLoCed? Chrome 90, Edge 90, Firefox 88, and Deno 1.9 Front End News #026 19 aprilie 2021

You can now check if you're part of the FLoC test and why the industry considers the proposal a bad idea. Browser updates are out, with Chrome 90, Edge 90, and Firefox 88. And the software releases include Deno 1.9, Cypress 7.1.0, D3 v6.7.0, and more.

Contributors wanted for the 2021 Web Almanac, a new Chrome Developers website, and Tailwind CSS v2.1 Front End News #025 12 aprilie 2021

The 2021 Web Almanac needs contributors. Brave updates their BAT Roadmap 2.0. Chrome Developers have a new website portal. And the leading software update of the week is version 2.1 of Tailwind CSS.

Announcing the Deno Company, Polypane 5.1, Safari Technology Preview 123, and TypeScript 4.3 Beta Front End News #024 5 aprilie 2021

The creators of Deno announced the Deno Company. Polypane 5.1 and Safari Technology Preview 123 are out. And the releases of the week include Next.js 10.1, npm 7.8.0, TypeScript 4.3 Beta, and more.

Compat2021 for better developer satisfaction, Firefox 87, and Bootstrap 5 Beta 3 Front End News #023 29 martie 2021

Google and Microsoft are leading a new initiative for better browser compatibility called Compat2021. Firefox 87 brings new privacy features, and the releases of this week include Bootstrap 5 Beta 3, webpack v5.28.0, and more.

Front-End Developer Learning Roadmap, The Part Time Creator Manifesto, and Vivaldi 3.7 Front End News #022 22 martie 2021

Front End Masters released an updated version of their Learning Roadmap for Front-End Developers. Those looking for inspiration to create content should read the Part Time Creator Manifesto. Vivaldi released version 3.7 for PC and Android. And the releases of the week include Gatsby v3.1, Ghost 4.0, and Node v15.12.0.

ES2021 candidate, Edge Legacy end of support, Polypane 5, and Safari Technology Preview 122 Front End News #021 15 martie 2021

ECMAScript 2021 now has candidate status. Edge Legacy will no longer receive any security updates, Polypane released version 5 with a lot of new features, and Safari Technology Preview 122 is now available. Some of the major releases of the week include d3 v6.6.0, Karma v6.2.0, and Socket.IO 4.0.0.

Brave enters the Search Market, Chrome 89 rolls out, and WAI-ARIA 1.2 is now a W3C Candidate Recommendation Front End News #020 8 martie 2021

Brave enters the search engine market, Chrome 89 update rolled out to users, and the Flow browser is now available for Raspberry Pi devices. WAI-ARIA 1.2 is now a W3C Candidate Recommendation, while the venerable jQuery has reached version 3.6.0.

Total Cookie Protection in Firefox 86, CSS container queries, and Safari Technology Preview 121 Front End News #019 1 martie 2021

Firefox 86 is out, bringing over Total Cookie Protection (and a special logo for the Nightly edition). CSSWG accepted the `@container` queries proposal into the CSS specification process. Smashing Magazine offers awesome advice on useful DevTools tips and shortcuts. Software Updates include Lighthouse v7.2.0, Node February 2021 Security Releases, and TypeScript 4.2.